Category Archives: Toss!
No Ill Will.
Item: Blouse (?) Color/Fabric: Beige, rayon/spandex jersey Designer: Ella Moss Where Purchased: Anthropologie Years Owned: Two Tonight might be a little brief. I’m not feeling so great. I think the let-down coming off of such a glorious weekend is just too much for my poor little tummy. So this got me thinking about other times …
Easy To Be Hard.
Item: Jacket Color/Fabric: Blue, denim Designer: Anne Taylor Loft Years Owned: 4 First you are going to notice that I have reused this lace cami. I hope it doesn’t throw off your opinions, as it seems to be universally loved. I tried this jacket on Trixie on its own, but it looked strange and a …
Baby, Anywhere The Wind Blows…
Item: Dress Color?Fabric: Ruby, Polyester/rayon Designer: Ruby Where Purchased: For once, I can’t remember. But I feel that Value City wouldn’t be too off base. Years Owned: 11 Well, I’m nearly through my first husband-less week. It honestly has not been so great, but I’m still trying for Endless Smiling. Just the effort seems to …
With My By Myself!
So I didn’t write yesterday. I’m trying not to feel bad about it or beat myself up or make excuses. It just didn’t happen. What did happen was that I locked myself out of my house during the first few hours of being husbandless for three weeks, and cried for nearly two entire hours. Thankfully, …
An Unidentified Jean-like Garment
Item: Jeans/Trousers? Color/Fabric: Brown, polyester/cotton/spandex Designer: Gap Years Owned: I honestly can’t remember, but at least 6. I’m feeling 8, though. Today for your contemplation I have a strange pair of pants that sort of want to be jeans and sort of want to be trousers. They are not trouser jeans, which I love dearly. …
The Mystery of the Technicolor Shrinking Tunic
Item: Tee-shirt/Tunic Color/Fabric: Many, bright, Rayon/Spandex Designer: White Where Purchased: Marshall’s Years Owned: One Today I have chosen this near tee-shirt type garment because I honestly don’t know what to do with it. Yes, it is, comparatively, a rather recent acquisition, and has not been cluttering up the closet for too long, but it puzzles …
A Confession About Obsession.
Item: Sweater Color/Fabric: Tan, acrylic/wool/nylon Designer: Abercrombie and Fitch Years Owned: 12 Maybe you haven’t yet noticed, but I have an obsession. I’m not obsessed with clothes, necessarily. I’m more obsessed with the acquisition. One could say that I have an obsession with possession. Well, even that doesn’t exactly cover it. It’s not entirely the …
Curiouser and Curiouser! Wonderland and Fairy-tales!
Item: Dress Color/Fabric: Midnight Blue, polyester/spandex Designer: Forever 21 Years Owned 4 Meet Trixie! She is my new model, and has been through a plethora of name changes in the short time she’s been in my employ. But Trixie has stuck. And I love her already. She makes the clothes look so much nicer, doesn’t …
For Crying Out Loud.
Item: Vest Color/Fabric: Tan Herringbone, wool Designer: Gap Years Owned: 12. Possibly more. Here is a thing that I am ashamed of. I don’t know why I still have this vest. It has survived so much closet purging, year after year after year. I cannot let it go. Look at it. It is clearly ruined. …
Do doo! Do doo! Do!! A Trio.
Item: Skirt Color/Fabric” Black, polyester/wool/spandex Designer: Gap Years Owned” 6ish? Item: Skirt Color/Fabric: Black, cotton/spandex Designer: Isaac Mizrahi Where Purchased: Target Years Owned: 5ish? Item: Skirt Color/Fabric: Black, cotton Designer: Odille Where Purchased: Anthropologie Years Owned: 4ish? Here I offer for your consideration three black skirts. But first I have to confess that I have …
I Am What I Wore 